Tagged with big - Personal View Talks

Movie Barcode - an interesting big data view

andyharris — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 06:58:47 +0000

Here's a site that reduces a movie to a 2D coloured Barcode:

http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/

Here's a short video that shows some interesting views of this data:

Big LED panels - experiences?

RRRR — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:18:17 +0000

I´ve been trying to find some info on BIG led panels (panels which can replace f.i. 4-bank kinoflo´s) but it seems very scarce. Have you tried any, found any good products?

Meetup: Los Angeles Area

vicharris — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:47:28 +0000

Ok, looks like we might have the meet up locked down here. Looks like we're going to be at Big Wangs at 801 SOUTH GRAND AVE. LA, CA 90017 (don't let the name fool you, it's not that bad) on the 13th of Jul at 1PM. They offered to let us have the patio which might be nice but if it's a little hot, I'm sure we can move it inside. I'll throw up some money for some appetizer trays and a couple pitchers of beer but by no means expect anyone else to. I know some wanted to hold this at different locations and possible have some sort of speaker or viewing but some of us think it's better just to have an initial meet and great, then if all goes well and there's enough combined interest, look into other events down the road. Here's a poll to get a real headcount for the business on the 13th. If you could take a min and let us know if you plan to show, that would be great and a huge help.

http://www.esurveyspro.com/App/Polls/DirectPoll.aspx?id=22904

In terms of transpo, like I said before, there's two lots right across the street that charge $6 on the weekends and @Shian said the Metro let's off a couple blocks away which is pretty convenient.

Like we said before, if anyone wants to bring some gear that others might be interested in trying, go ahead and let us know. I'll bring my SLR Magic Cine set and Rokinon Cine set, though I just did sell the 14mm to one of our guys here. Maybe he'll bring it if anyone wants to try it. Thanks again and see ya'll on the 13th of JUL!!

What is a Career in Big Data?

stoney — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:23:38 +0000

Big Data is growing fast like weeds. So what it would take to become a data scientist?

math
engineering
writing
skepticism
curiosity

Skype: Microsoft is watching you

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:37:28 +0000

Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H's associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft subsidiary does in fact make use of this privilege in practice. Shortly after sending HTTPS URLs over the instant messaging service, those URLs receive an unannounced visit from Microsoft HQ in Redmond.

A reader informed heise Security that he had observed some unusual network traffic following a Skype instant messaging conversation. The server indicated a potential replay attack. It turned out that an IP address which traced back to Microsoft had accessed the HTTPS URLs previously transmitted over Skype. Heise Security then reproduced the events by sending two test HTTPS URLs, one containing login information and one pointing to a private cloud-based file-sharing service. A few hours after their Skype messages, they observed the following in the server log:

65.52.100.214 - - [30/Apr/2013:19:28:32 +0200]"HEAD /.../login.html?user=tbtest&password=geheim HTTP/1.1"

They too had received visits to each of the HTTPS URLs transmitted over Skype from an IP address registered to Microsoft in Redmond. URLs pointing to encrypted web pages frequently contain unique session data or other confidential information. HTTP URLs, by contrast, were not accessed. In visiting these pages, Microsoft made use of both the login information and the specially created URL for a private cloud-based file-sharing service.

In response to an enquiry from heise Security, Skype referred them to a passage from its data protection policy:

"Skype may use automated scanning within Instant Messages and SMS to (a) identify suspected spam and/or (b) identify URLs that have been previously flagged as spam, fraud, or phishing links."

This explanation does not appear to fit the facts, however. Spam and phishing sites are not usually found on HTTPS pages. By contrast, Skype leaves the more commonly affected HTTP URLs, containing no information on ownership, untouched

Via:

http://m.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-Microsoft-is-reading-everything-you-write-1862870.html

http://m.h-online.com/security/features/Skype-s-ominous-link-checking-facts-and-speculation-1865629.html

Big Quote

stoney — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:35:28 +0000

So true.